The Valley of Webhooks(weli.dev)

183 points by weli 2 months ago | 82 comments

Why TUIs are back(wiki.alcidesfonseca.com)

357 points by rickcarlino 5 months ago | 358 comments

Blog post by Alcides Fonseca discussing why terminal user interfaces (TUIs) are making a comeback, referencing DHH's Omarchy distro.

Wild performance tricks(davidlattimore.github.io)

116 points by tbillington 1 year ago | 70 comments

Revisiting Textpattern(rubenerd.com)

38 points by Tomte 3 years ago | 14 comments

Scripts should be written using the project main language(joaomagfreitas.link)

92 points by freitzzz 2 years ago | 102 comments

Two things LLM coding agents are still bad at(kix.dev)

298 points by kixpanganiban 1 year ago | 340 comments

Most RESTful APIs aren't really RESTful(florian-kraemer.net)

324 points by BerislavLopac 1 year ago | 493 comments

Blog post by Florian Krämer arguing that most APIs called RESTful don't follow Roy Fielding's original REST architectural style as described in his dissertation.

A Collection of Free Public APIs That Is Tested Daily(freepublicapis.com)

521 points by abhas9 2 years ago | 101 comments

Free Public APIs is a directory of 212 free public APIs for students and developers, tested daily and ranked by health scores based on latency, error rate and reliability.

Writing Python like it's Rust(kobzol.github.io)

441 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 266 comments

A blog post on applying Rust-inspired practices like strict type hints and sound API design to writing Python code.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

API Shouldn't Redirect HTTP to HTTPS(jviide.iki.fi)

584 points by oherrala 2 years ago | 252 comments

Blog post arguing that APIs should fail visibly on plain HTTP requests instead of redirecting to HTTPS, noting many major API providers don't.

It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans(erikbern.com)

429 points by imartin2k 2 years ago | 131 comments

Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.